We have the technology - we just don't want you to use it to your advantage. Yeah, right.

So says the industry wisdom. The corporate/industrial strategy for future film-making dictates that digital's great, so long as you shoot and post to film. Until digital projection systems replace conventional film projection, digital movies will continue to be finished to film.

In this section we examine the development of tape-to-film technology, the choices for film-makers and the players in this growing market.